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Windgate Charitable Foundation

News: Historic $10 Million Gift Supports Wharton Esherick’s Legacy

The Wharton Esherick Museum (WEM) is delighted to announce the receipt of a $10 million endowment gift from the Windgate Foundation. Returns from the investment of the gift are projected to provide income that will support the Museum’s annual operating budget at a time when cultural organizations of every size are grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Salmon Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Arts
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

In-Kind Contributors

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  • Wharton Esherick Museum - Logo for "Nazarski Site Management" with a yellow outline of a maple leaf on a gray background. "NAZARSKI" is in large white letters, and "SITE MANAGEMENT" is in smaller yellow letters below.

2026 Event Sponsors

  • Wharton Esherick Museum - The word RAGO in large, bold, black serif letters celebrates a Wharton Centennial Birthday Bash.
  • Wharton Esherick Museum - Cedar Hollow Inn Restaurant & Bar logo with decorative swirls—perfect for a Birthday Bash or Centennial Celebration.
  • Wharton Esherick Museum - Hearne Hardwoods logo with a tree graphic, HH initials, and a Wharton Centennial Celebration theme.